Will PlayStation games actually get cheaper once physical discs disappear?

Sony's Discs-to-Digital Shift: Why PlayStation Games May Cost More After 2028

Sony will stop producing physical discs for new PlayStation games in January 2028. The company framed the move as a response to clear consumer trends. Yet data from multiple analyses shows physical copies routinely sell for far less than their digital counterparts. The gap raises pointed questions about what happens when that cheaper option vanishes. Physical games on PlayStation have long undercut PlayStation Store prices. Research cited in an …

Former Square Enix Dev Thinks Killing Game Discs Will Make Games Cheaper

A former Square Enix director believes the end of game discs means PlayStation will start making its digital games cheaper. Source

I’m not buying the idea that killing PlayStation discs will make games cheaper

A former Square Enix executive says ending PlayStation discs could make digital games cheaper, but Sony's closed storefront and pricing experiments suggest otherwise.

Sony is right to kill the disc - gamers are just focusing on the wrong thing

With Sony unlikely to U-turn on its decision to kill PlayStation discs, what does a better version of the all-digital future look like?

Former Square Enix Exec Says Disc-Free Games Will Lower Prices

Jacob Navok says that a world without physical media will put major publishers in constant competition with each other, though how that would drive costs down is just a theory

Will PlayStation games actually get cheaper once physical discs disappear?

A former Square Enix exec believes that PS Store prices could actually come down as a result of Sony's decision to end all physical media on PlayStation.